The Workermonkey

Wednesday, May 26, 2004

my two cents 

# posted by Supreme Monkey Overlord @ 5/26/2004 03:11:00 PM

Michael Moore has done some good work but its also very dangerous. He presents things as being totally truthful when he's not always correct, bowling for columbine had some errors in it that were just helpful to the story. Its dangerous to place responsibilities on corporations like walmart becasue of gun sales. If people want something they are going to buy it anywhere. We just need to take responsibilities for our own actions and our own kids. Moores Fehrenheit 9/11 is supposed to show all the crap that bush tries to hide from everyone everyday. the connections to the saudi families is nothing comapred to the ties the bush family has going back to hitler, bush's fore fathers made thier fortune by being "business" partners with hitler. Not very american. its no surprise disney is trying to stop the distribution of the film since will eisner is the one whos head is going to roll for anything bad that happens to the company. the board of directors is trying to get him fired and i think he has ties to the bush family (i'm not positive about this but i know there's some kind of bush connection with disney).

The guy who ate mcdonalds for a month was making a movie to prove how bad fast food can be. here's a quick description of hte documentary:

Spurlock (the guy) hit on the idea after learning of lawsuit claiming that McDonald's food was endangering the lives of its customers. The judge in the case challenged the plaintiffs to show that a daily diet of McDonald's would dangerously affect one's health. Spurlock took up the challenge, choosing to eat three full meals of McDonald's food every day for 30 days. If McDonald's didn't sell it, he wouldn't eat it, including water and vitamins. He didn't cheat by eating just salad (which, with dressing would have actually contained more calories than the burgers); every item on the menu was eventually consumed, and if he was offered to Super Size the order, he had to accept.

So begins the project. The trim 185-pound, 6'2" ex-smoker visits three different doctors for a full exam. He's in perfect physical health, though his vegan-chef girlfriend thinks he's crazy. Spurlock doesn't detail his regular diet before the project, but he later admits to loving meat, and his nutritionist figures he should typically consume 2500 calories a day. Five days in, he's consuming an average of nearly 5000 calories a day, and has already gained 10 pounds. To make matters worse, he's chosen to act as 60% of Americans do by not exercising, and only walking 2500 steps per day.

The days drag on, and we're treated to shot after shot of Spurlock eating, and eating, and eating. His vital stats hit the stratosphere. He complains of headaches, depression, breathing problems, chest pains. Only half way through the month, his mother is offering organ donations, his girlfriend is complaining about his sexual performance, and his doctor is comparing his liver to Nic Cage's in "Leaving Las Vegas." Will Spurlock even survive the project?

The documentary has interviews with: the lawyer behind the fast food lawsuit, Samuel Hirsch; GW University's John Banzhaf, who claims McDonald's insidiously tries to hook kids on the McDiet; former Surgeon General David Satcher; a disillusioned family member of the Baskin Robbins ice cream clan; Jared of Subway fame; a Big Mac enthusiast working on his 19,000th burger; and a lobbyist for the Grocery Manufacturers fo America. He visits schools in Wisconsin and Massachusetts to see how we feed and exercise our children, and a hospital to observe how we're more likely to choose surgery and drugs as a quick fix to our health problems. That may sound dry, but the movie is highly entertaining, with humorous moments as well as great selection of songs put to the footage. McDonald's may be the name in the spotlight, but Spurlock addresses the whole fast food industry as well as our national attitude toward health.

ok not to quick but it proves my point. he did this to show the negative side of fast food to all the people out there who think its healthy to eat fast food everyday. our society has major problems and its mostly our own faults, we live fat, dumb and large, its that texas mentality that bigger is better and fuck anyone who tells me different. i my self can't say that i'm above all this since i've recently seen myself eating more crap foods at lunch and drinking more but i do see the need for more exercise and i'm not blaming anyone but my self.

Ron, i'd buy that book but people seem to like the fad diets, i was told today that my mom and sister are starting the South Beach Diet this week and the two women i work with have both done atkins and south beach. my only response is you would be able to eat anything you want if you just exercised. it seems that counting carbs, sugars and picking things out of your food is easier then just getting up and walking around.

A bit of creepy news today. i see celebrities selling their faces on ebay if this ever becomes a reality. This would also open up a whole can of crazy schemes. just killed some one? no problem, just steal their face and walk around as that person for awhile. weird.

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